Cambridge IGCSE Geography

Course Content

Areas of Study in IGCSE Geography EXAM YEARS 2027-2029

Geographical Skills 11 lessons

Cartographic Skills 3 lessons

1 Grid References, Directions and Distance

2 Contours, Gradient and Cross-Sections

3 Types of Map

Fieldwork Skills 2 lessons

1 Fieldwork Equipment and Physical Techniques

2 Human Fieldwork Techniques

GIS and Image Skills 1 lesson

1 Photographs, Satellite Images and GIS

Graphical Skills 3 lessons

1 Drawing and Reading Graphs

2 Climate Graphs, Hydrographs, Kite Graphs and Rose Charts

3 Triangular Graphs, Proportional Symbols and Diagrams

Mathematical Skills 2 lessons

1 Maths for Geography: Number, Scale and Percentages

2 Statistics for Geography: Averages, Trends and Conclusions

Climate Change 7 lessons

Causes of Climate Change 3 lessons

1 Evidence for Climate Change

2 Natural Causes of Climate Change

3 Humans and the Enhanced Greenhouse Effect

Impacts of Climate Change 1 lesson

1 Impacts of Climate Change Now and in the Future

Responses to Climate Change 3 lessons

1 Managing Climate Change: Agreements and Techniques

2 Mitigation or Adaptation: Evaluating Responses

3 Climate Change Example: The Maldives

Resource Provision 17 lessons

Challenges of Food Supply 4 lessons

1 Threats to Food Supply and Food Insecurity

2 Evaluating Food Aid

3 Managing Desertification and Soil Erosion

4 Food Example: Malawi

Energy Production 1 lesson

1 Types of Energy

Energy Supply and Demand 2 lessons

1 Rising Energy Demand and Energy Security

2 Why Energy Mixes Vary

Food Production 2 lessons

1 Types of Farming

2 Farming as a System

Food Supply and Demand 4 lessons

1 Global Patterns of Calorie Intake

2 Changing Food Production and Consumption

3 Increasing Food Supply

4 The Globalisation of Food

Impacts of Energy Production 4 lessons

1 Non-Renewable Energy: Pros and Cons

2 Renewable Energy: Pros and Cons

3 Increasing and Managing Energy Supplies

4 Energy Example: Germany

Changing Economies 13 lessons

Changing Employment Structures 3 lessons

1 Types of Industry: Primary to Quaternary

2 How Employment Structures Change

3 Where Industries Locate and Why

Globalisation and TNCs 5 lessons

1 Globalisation and Its Key Features

2 Impacts of Globalisation

3 Transnational Corporations

4 Evaluating the Impacts of TNCs

5 Globalisation Example: Samsung in Vietnam

Tourism 5 lessons

1 Why Tourism Has Grown

2 The Butler Model

3 Benefits and Problems of Tourism

4 Managing Tourism Sustainably

5 Tourism Example: Kenya

Changing Coastal Environments 13 lessons

Coastal Landforms 3 lessons

1 Headlands, Bays, Caves, Arches and Stacks

2 Beaches, Spits, Bars and Sand Dunes

3 Discordant and Concordant Coastlines

Coastal Processes 2 lessons

1 Coastal Erosion, Transportation and Longshore Drift

2 Waves: Constructive, Destructive and Refraction

Coasts: Opportunities and Hazards 8 lessons

1 Living on the Coast: Opportunities and Hazards

2 Managing Coasts: Hard and Soft Engineering

3 Tropical Storms: Distribution and Impacts

4 Managing Tropical Storms

5 Coral Reefs: Importance, Threats and Protection

6 Mangroves: Importance, Threats and Protection

7 Coastal Example: The Coast of Bangladesh

8 Coral Reef Example: The Great Barrier Reef

Tectonic Hazards 14 lessons

Earth's Structure and Plates 3 lessons

1 Inside the Earth: Core, Mantle and Crust

2 Tectonic Plates and How They Move

3 Types of Plate Boundary

Earthquakes and Volcanoes 4 lessons

1 What Happens at Each Plate Boundary

2 Earthquakes: Focus, Epicentre and Seismic Waves

3 Types of Volcano and Their Features

4 Volcanic Hazards

Impacts of Tectonic Hazards 3 lessons

1 Why People Live Near Tectonic Hazards

2 Impacts of Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions

3 Measuring Earthquakes and Eruptions

Managing Tectonic Hazards 4 lessons

1 Responses, Monitoring and Prediction

2 Protection, Planning and Technology

3 Earthquake Example: Nepal 2015

4 Volcano Example: Mount Merapi 2010

Exam Skills and Geographical Investigations 4 lessons

Exam Technique 1 lesson

1 How the Exams Work and Command Words

Geographical Investigations 3 lessons

1 The Route to Geographical Enquiry

2 Collecting Data for an Investigation

3 Presenting, Analysing and Evaluating Data

Changing Populations 11 lessons

International Migration 4 lessons

1 Types of Migrant and Why People Migrate

2 Impacts of International Migration

3 Managing International Migration

4 Migration Example: Mexico to the USA

Population Growth and Decline 4 lessons

1 World Population Growth

2 Why Populations Grow and Shrink

3 Pro-Natalist and Anti-Natalist Policies

4 The Demographic Transition Model

Population Structures 3 lessons

1 Population Pyramids and Population Structure

2 Youthful and Ageing Populations

3 Population Example: China

Changing Towns and Cities 7 lessons

Managing Urban Growth 2 lessons

1 Managing Urban Growth Sustainably

2 Urban Example: Mumbai

Opportunities and Challenges of Urbanisation 3 lessons

1 Opportunities of Urban Living

2 Challenges of Rapid Urban Growth

3 Urban Sprawl and the Rural-Urban Fringe

Where People Live 2 lessons

1 Urban Growth Around the World

2 Why Cities in LICs Grow So Fast

Development 8 lessons

Measuring Development 3 lessons

1 Indicators of Development

2 Comparing Countries with Development Indicators

3 Quality of Life and Standard of Living

Sustainable Development 3 lessons

1 Sustainable Development Strategies

2 Trade, Aid and Debt Relief

3 Development Example: Ethiopia

Uneven Development 2 lessons

1 Why Development Is Uneven

2 The Global Pattern of LICs, MICs and HICs

Changing River Environments 13 lessons

River Landforms 2 lessons

1 Upper Course River Landforms

2 Lower Course River Landforms

Rivers and Drainage Basins 4 lessons

1 Rivers and Drainage Basins: Key Features

2 How Rivers Change Downstream: The Bradshaw Model

3 The Drainage Basin and the Water Cycle

4 River Erosion, Transportation and Deposition

Rivers: Opportunities and Hazards 7 lessons

1 Living Near Rivers: Opportunities and Hazards

2 Why Rivers Flood and What Floods Do

3 Managing River Floods

4 River Pollution: Causes and Impacts

5 Managing River Pollution

6 Flood Example: The Somerset Levels 2014

7 Pollution Example: The River Ganges

Changing Ecosystems 10 lessons

The Antarctic Ecosystem 2 lessons

1 Antarctica: Location and Climate

2 Antarctic Life: Food Webs and Adaptations

The Tropical Rainforest Ecosystem 3 lessons

1 Tropical Rainforests: Location and Climate

2 Rainforest Layers and Characteristics

3 Rainforest Life: Nutrient Cycle and Adaptations

Threats to Antarctica 2 lessons

1 Threats to Antarctica and Their Impacts

2 Protecting Antarctica

Threats to Tropical Rainforests 3 lessons

1 Threats to Rainforests and the Impacts of Deforestation

2 Managing Rainforests Sustainably

3 Rainforest Example: The Amazon in Brazil

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